Posted: 4:12 PM Falcons open the season at home against Southern Utah.

Posted: 11:59 AM Jeff Francis and the National League champion Colorado Rockies will get a do-over from a rainout in the opener after an ugly start. The left-hander, who tied the franchise record with 17 wins last year, walked three St. Louis Cardinals in a four-run first inning. Francis also gave up a home run to Albert Pujols in the second. But his record was wiped clean when the game was postponed by rain Monday with the Cardinals leading 5-1 in the third inning.

Posted: 11:57 AM Amare Stoudemire scored 41 points and Steve Nash had 36 as the Phoenix Suns rallied from a 22-point deficit to beat the Denver Nuggets 132-117. That's the Suns' 50th victory of the season. In reaching at least 50 wins for the fourth straight season, the Suns tied the idle Los Angeles Lakers for first place in the Pacific Division.

Posted: 10:47 AM The Rockies currently train in aging Hi Corbett Field in Tucson. The team has asked for 20 million dollars in improvements to the facility.

Posted: 2:29 PM Denver Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony has been named Western Conference Player of the Week. The NBA announced the award today for games that Anthony played in a seven-day span through Sunday. Anthony averaged almost 27 points per game in three games against the Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors.

Updated: 5:40 AM The United States Olympic Committee has accepted the city's offer to keep its headquarters and training facilities in Colorado Springs for at least the next 25 years.

Posted: 1:54 PM The Denver Broncos will open the 2008 season with a Monday night game against the Oakland Raiders. The game will be played on Monday night, Sept. 8, in Oakland at 8:15 p.m. and the game will be televised nationally by ESPN. It will be the fourth consecutive year that the Broncos will begin their regular season on the road.

Posted: 10:19 AM The Denver Nuggets are 17 games over .500, but they could still miss the playoffs in the loaded Western Conference. The Nuggets will be going for a sixth straight win as they hit the road to open a home-and-home series with the Phoenix Suns tonight. Denver had been sitting in ninth place in the West behind Golden State since the end of February. But the Nuggets defeated Golden State on Saturday, and Golden State defeated Dallas last night.

Updated: 2:26 PM The Colorado Rockies opened the season this afternoon against the St. Louis Cardinals. The game features two of the league's best hitters in Albert Pujols of the Cardinals and the Rockies' Matt Holliday. Cardinals opening-day starter Adam Wainwright says he's confident he can get Holliday out if he makes his pitches.

Posted: 10:14 AM The Rockies will begin the season with 38 players on the 40-man roster. Yesterday the club signed left-handed reliever Micah Bowie and outfielder Scott Podsednik to major league contracts. They placed right-handed pitcher Jason Hirsh on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right shoulder. Hirsh was expected to be the Rockies' Number-4 pitcher but hasn't pitched since March 1st, when he strained his rotator cuff.

Posted: 10:11 AM Molson Coors Brewing Co., the No. 3 beer producer in the United States, will be a fixture at Coors Field in Denver for at least the next decade. The Golden-based brewery said Monday it's signed a 10-year sponsorship agreement with the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball. Financial terms of the pact weren't disclosed.

Posted: 8:17 PM Marian Gaborik scored two goals, including the winner in overtime, and the Minnesota Wild celebrated clinching a playoff spot by beating the Colorado Avalanche 3-2. The game-winner was Gaborik's career-high 40th goal and his franchise-record 80th point. Detroit beat Nashville minutes before Minnesota took the ice. That sent the Wild to its second straight playoff berth.

Posted: 6:11 PM And then there were ones. Four Number-1s, that is. Kansas wore down Stephen (STEH'-fihn) Curry and plucky Davidson with its size and strength and held on for a 59-57 victory to win the Midwest Regional. That puts all four Number-1 seeds into the Final Four for the first time.

Posted: 2:08 PM Kenyon Martin poured in 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Denver Nuggets earned their fifth straight win, topping Golden State 119-112 last night. The outcome leaves the Nuggets a half-game ahead of Golden State for the final Western Conference playoff berth. Denver also climbed within a half-game of Dallas for seventh in the West.

Posted: 5:49 PM Air Force falls in overtime in college hockey. Justin Mercier scored 15:21 into OT to lift top-seeded Miami of Ohio to a 3-2 win over Air Force in the NCAA Division I Northeast Regional semifinals today. Mercier collected a loose puck near center ice, cut around an Air Force defenseman and fired a shot under the crossbar past Falcons goaltender Andrew Volkening.

Posted: 3:18 PM Michigan State scored three goals in the second period and Jeff Lerg had 41 saves as the Spartans beat Colorado College in the NCAA West Regional on Friday night. Tim Kennedy and Jeff Dunne scored on power plays for the defending national champion Spartans. Chris Mueller added a goal with seven seconds remaining in the second.

Updated: 5:24 PM The incentive plan includes the development of several buildings, including a new headquarters at 27 South Tejon Street.

Posted: 10:53 AM The 37-year-old Fernandez will be a replacement player on the American team, which will attempt to win its fourth straight gold medal this summer.

Posted: 8:11 PM The Kansas City Royals have acquired right-hander Ramon Ramirez from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later.

Posted: 3:40 PM The effort is led by former U.S. Sen. Tim Wirth, now head of the foundation. He accepted a $20 donation and an official proclamation from Gov. Bill Ritter at the Capitol Wednesday

Posted: 3:39 PM The 26-year-old Ramirez, once one of the top prospects in Colorado's system, set team rookie reliever records with a 3.46 ERA and 61 strikeouts in 61 appearances in 2006. He opened his career in the majors with 15 1-3 consecutive scoreless innings and finished his rookie year 4-3.

Posted: 3:37 PM Nix has earned the big-league job, thanks to his stellar defense and a sprinkling of offense.

Posted: 3:35 PM All Pro cornerback Champ Bailey said Tuesday he will step up to mentor beleaguered wide receiver Brandon Marshall in the aftermath of a freak accident that will keep Marshall from working out for four months.

Updated: 9:35 PM The Denver Broncos have confirmed wide receiver Brandon Marshall's has sustained serious injuries to his right forearm.

Updated: 9:38 PM Ubaldo Jimenez had a rough outing Monday but the Colorado Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 in a spring training game.